https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil Portland District News RSS Feed en-us Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:30:00 GMT Sun, 14 Jun 2026 16:17:23 GMT https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/2812589/that-sounds-fishy-demonized-trash-fish-finally-gets-some-respect/ Leaves are changing, the weather is cooling and getting wetter, and Fred Meyer is stocking its shelves with Christmas decorations, which means it’s October. Instead of skipping ahead to winter holidays, let’s fall back and celebrate autumn and Halloween by highlighting a fish that has been demonized in the past, partly for its looks, and partly for our past perceptions of it as a blood-sucking, bottom-feeding trash fish*: the Pacific lamprey. <br/> <img src='https://media.defense.gov/2021/Oct/15/2002874667/115/75/0/200225-A-A1408-0001.JPG' alt='A Pacific lamprey clings to a fish viewing window at Bonneville Lock &amp; Dam. Engineers didn’t design the fish ladders, which successfully move salmon upstream of the lower Columbia River dams (Bonneville, The Dalles and John Day) with lamprey in mind. But that’s changing. (U.S. Army photo by Lesley McClintock)' /> <br /> Mon, 18 Oct 2021 17:30:00 GMT Tom Conning, Public Affairs Office https://www.nwp.usace.army.mil/Media/Feature-Stories/Article/2812589/that-sounds-fishy-demonized-trash-fish-finally-gets-some-respect/ Bonneville Columbia Dams Environmental Relationships with Tribal Governments U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Northwestern Division